Loving Kindness

I did the exercise and even just reading the lines made me feel better and want to be a better person. This is a good mediation chant to use when I feel like the world is against me or I am alone. Often I get wrapped up in my own problems and feelings that I forget there are others out there suffering who may not be as lucky as me. This is a good reminder to be grateful for what I have and to share with others.

My biggest concern is worldly, I am ready to return to the medical field after a three hiatus. I believed once I started looking for a job, it would just appear. That has not happened and I was getting discouraged. Over the last week I have worked at maintaining a more positive attitude and believe that once the right job opens for me the universe will let me know. Today that happened. A position I was hoping to interview for just notified me that would like me to interview.

Mental Wellness

I enjoyed this exercise more than last weeks. It seem that I spent less time concentrating on when the narrator would speak again and more time on staying relax and focused. I was able to center myself and whenever a stray thought came into mind, I refocused on my inhale and soon my mind was centered again.

This exercise gave me greater relaxation and peace than last week. Last week I was visualizing my daughter and how much I missed her, this was very emotional. This week when I visualized her there was a feeling of love and calmness.

Barbara Lorenen

Loving kindness.

The exercise was both rewarding and frustrating. The sounds of the ocean made me think of my daughter, who lives two states away. I miss her all the time and the sound of the waves bought me back to the back where she and I often walked on together. It was nice to take that mind trip with her and wrap my love around her.

The frustrating part was that once I entered into a new stage, the narrator would have me redirect my focus, I never seemed to be able to concentrate for long as I was always wondering when I would be interrupted again.

Like any activity the more one does it the better he/she becomes. Mental workout is something that takes effect. Allowing an hour each day, as the book describes, can help develop strength in the activity, set the routine pattern, and allows your mind and body to adept to the mediation hour and get deeper into yourself.

Barbara Lorenzen

Self centered wellness.

I completed the exercise today, it was amazing. I was not in a quiet place-my husband was washing clothes and making other noises. At first this irate me, but once I concentrated on my breathing the noise just went away. I added this to my playlist so I can do it over again whenever I need to.

Before the exercise I was going to give myself a 3 on A, B, and C because of issues at work that I will have to deal with later and it has been playing on my mind. After the exercise I gave myself a 9-10, not quite at a 10 but as close as I can get. I feel more confident dealing with the issues and maintaining my composure than I felt before the mediation.

I have sent goals in spiritual and physical. I did not for psychological because I feel that is the same family as spiritual. However for these two I want to be more centered and relax. Have a feeling of harmony towards others and always embrace the ones I love. For the physical I want to get into better shape and eliminate some of my health problems and concerns. Doing exercises that help develop my focus, such as the one today, will help me to obtain these goals.

Barbara Lorenzen.